To rebuild a winning electoral coalition means a complete transformation in the way that the Conservative Party is perceived.
Our deputy editor talks to Times Radio’s Henry Bonsu about the Shadow Chancellor’s attack on the mini-budget.
The Wolfson review is a sensible first step on a big subject like potentially quitting the ECHR – but it isn’t going to wrest the spotlight or the initiative back to the party anytime soon.
Whatever the theoretical merits of a slower approach to rebuilding, circumstances preclude it. The prognosis of these results is plausibly terminal.
The public don’t need anyone to tell them Labour is running the economy badly. What they do need, if they are to consider returning the Conservatives to office, is a clear idea of what our ministers would do instead.
He beats Kemi Badenoch to the top spot by six votes as every leadership candidate – except Priti Patel – tops the leaderboard.
Government has never been easy. However, over time it’s become harder than ever and trying to paper over that is a recipe for failure. Badenoch has identified flaws in a system where the political will, of any party, struggles to translate into enough action.
A centre-right political party should have something to say about the perils of identity politics, but this will not determine how large numbers of people will vote at the next general election.
It’s both an irony, and ultimately unsustainable, that he was judged by many Conservatives as the most left-wing PM they ever had, and by other parties as leading the most right-wing administration they had ever seen.
To the disaffected, the moderates, the tired and despairing, I say – don’t sit this one out. If you look closely at each candidate, you will find something there you can support.
Former Business Secretary and leadership contender Kemi Badenoch opens up about how her political journey followed her childhood in Nigeria, her choice to become a Conservative and what and who she wants to inspire with her political convictions.
As a former Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary, he undoubtedly qualifies as one of the party’s biggest hitters. Indeed, he would be by far the most experienced politician to run for the office in its near twenty-five-year history.
For those of us who have spent decades trooping around our local areas, trying to get our candidates elected the behaviour in Westminster has been a constant source of frustration. It cannot go on.
The Conservative leadership contender denies being the establishment candidate.
Our polling, shared exclusively with ConHome, suggests a change of leader isn’t likely to solve anything – unless it means the Party delivers a clear-eyed assessment of what it is and for whom it stands. This isn’t about a new face, but a new foundation.